Chandigarh, Nov. 15 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday sought a report from the Punjab government on the custody and welfare status of a five-month-old child allegedly sold by his drug-addict parents for Rs.1.8 lakh.

The court acted on the petition from one Labh Singh, a retired boxing coach, and a resident of Ludhiana, who had sought in the public interest litigation to take strict and effective measures to eradicate and control drug menace in Punjab and take steps for the well being of the child.

The petitioner's counsel, Baltej Sidhu, had told the court that an FIR was registered on October 25 at Bareta police station in Mansa district for alleged incident of sale of the child by the couple merely to satisfy their addicti...